Next step will be to work on other countries to cajole or intimidate them into at least tacitly recognising sovereignty over air above islands

This week, as Ukraine marked the 80th anniversary of Stalin’s engineered famine, President Viktor Yanukovich’s government announced that it would not sign a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the EU. Just like that, Ukraine’s chance to transcend its tortured history appears to have been thrown away.

Fifty years have passed since the assassination of US President John .F. Kennedy, with official ceremonies held in Washington, DC, and Dallas to commemorate the anniversary. But JFK’s eldest daughter, Caroline Kennedy, was not present at either event; she had just taken up her post in Tokyo as the 29th US Ambassador to Japan.

Hong Kong, November 27, 2013 /ChinaNewswire.com – Xinwengao.com/ – As a peer-to-peer digital currency, Bitcoin's decentralized nature has already pushed the value of a single Bitcoin in the past few weeks up more than 300%. And www.bitebimi.com (which means Bitcoin Rice in Mandarin Chinese) is helping to foster the community of Chinese Bitcoin adherents with … >>>

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The author is Michael Werner, senior research analyst covering the Chinese and Hong Kong banks at Sanford Bernstein & Co. Minsheng Bank's third quarter was its worst quarter in two years as the bank missed expectations while the quality of its earnings was weak. We believe the poor third quarter results are a reflection of […]

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America insists that it will continue to operate in what it considers to be international air space despite a Chinese declaration over the zone in the East China Sea

According to reports in Chinese local media, Apple's fourth retail store in Beijing is currently finishing its renovations and is expected to open in mid-December 2013. Located at China Central Place Luxury Walk in the city's Chaoyang District, the new Apple store has an area of 1,000 square meters. It will reportedly become the largest […]

An agenda aimed at putting China on a sustainable economic footing may cost foreign companies dearly

The author is Fitch Ratings' associate director Vicki Shen Higher demand, tighter raw material supply and stiffer competition will force further consolidation in China's dairy industry. But buyers might face higher pricing and execution risks as the number of quality targets shrink. Restructuring in the industry was initially spurred by a series of food safety […]

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Aiming to accelerate its transformation to an offline-to-online model, China's Suning Commerce Group has formally established its first overseas research and development center in Palo Alto, California. Located at Silicon Valley's core area at No. 1661 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, this R&D unit will have an initial investment of USD5 million. According to the […]

Shanghai platform, along with Shenzhen pilot and third to be launched in Beijing, could if successful be merged into a nationwide scheme